(Second of three parts on personal financial planning) Charitable giving is at the heart of the anatomy that makes up Baltimore. When I first moved here, I was connected to Dara Schnee who is now the vice president of philanthropy ...

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(This month’s column will kick off a three-part series on key topics related to personal financial planning.) In today’s marketplace, 529 plans have become the most popular vehicle to save for education costs. The days of relying on college savings ...

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Thinking back to when my son was born in 2007, I feel very lucky that I was able to take a true maternity leave. Like many mothers, I had really clear ideas about how I wanted things to be; like ...

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In the course of all of our daily lives, written communication is most likely the primary way we are communicating. Between email, text messages and social media, we are tasked with scrutinizing our grammar, spelling, content, context and most of ...

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These five key steps are the things that really stand out to me as an employer.

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For as long as I can remember, my family volunteered together with various organizations in our community in Providence, Rhode Island, where I grew up. The memory that stands out the most is on Thanksgiving Day, when my brother, father ...

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In October 2015, I wrote a column about the challenges I was having with finding new office space. It shocks me to realize that I wrote this article two and a half years ago. I never would have imagined at ...

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The year 2018 has started out with as fast a pace as I ever remember. My travel schedule to see clients has kicked off as we begin our planning, and people are focused on what lies ahead for the coming ...

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As we approach the last days of 2017, I have heard a number of people say how ready they are to close out this year and bring on a fresh start in 2018. I am also feeling like 2017 was ...

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I have been thinking a lot about the inevitable cycle of the stock market. For a while, it has felt like we are in a period where the market is lulling people into a sense that things aren’t cyclical anymore ...

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